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    Seeing that her goal had been achieved, my mother began to make arrangements for the purchase of Twelve Duans.  Originally, if my father hadn't gone to the hospital for emergency treatment, then my father's carpenter classmate would have gone to the coffin shop yesterday to discuss specific customization matters.  My father once said to his carpenter classmate: "I am at ease when you do things."  Therefore, the first thing my mother thought of was my father's carpenter classmate.

    After I expressed my opinion, my mother immediately went to find my father's carpenter classmate.

    Now I can't leave even one step.  While guarding the kerosene lamp, guarding my father and his soul, I had to keep receiving people who came to pay their respects.

    The Chinese nation is a nation that pays more attention to etiquette.  And the death of a loved one is a major event, so as long as there is some relationship, they will naturally come, even if it's just a kowtow.  Otherwise, it will be considered impolite.  In the early morning, almost all the people who came over were from the nearby village.  After a while, relatives who were far away appeared after hearing the news.

    After a while, my sister received a call, saying that the leaders and colleagues of the unit would come over soon.  People from the village and relatives come to pay their respects, and we can invite them to have a meal at noon or evening at most.  But when people from the unit come, they will definitely not stay for dinner.  People came here out of etiquette, so we must not lose our etiquette.  Therefore, according to the custom, we have to prepare a hot tea for every colleague who comes.  It is said that those who come to pay homage cannot leave without eating.  As for why, I don't know very well.

    Hearing that my sister mentioned this matter, I immediately informed my cousin and asked him to prepare disposable cups and tea in accordance with the etiquette of the unit.  Fortunately, my cousin was already prepared.  Because, I already mentioned it to my cousin last night, saying that the leaders and colleagues of my unit are likely to come today.  After my father was indeed stopped breathing, I made another phone call to the top leader of the unit.  When my father was being rescued, I had already called him, but my father's situation was unknown at the time, so I was not sure how long I would need to ask for leave.  After learning the news of my father's death, the top leader first expressed his condolences, then persuaded me to mourn, and finally agreed to my request for a two-week leave without any hesitation.  The top leader told me that he will organize colleagues from the unit to pay homage to my house tomorrow.  It is precisely because of this that I let my cousin prepare it early in the morning.  Otherwise, in a hurry, there may not be enough time.

    Not long after my sister received the call, everyone arrived.  Three cars.  Some leaders came here on behalf of the unit, and some had good personal relationships and came only on behalf of themselves.  No matter who it represents, as long as it is from the same unit, it will naturally have to give the leader some face, so everyone cheers and hugs, and the stars hold the moon to set off the leader and walk over.

    The people who came here were just looking at my sister's face. In fact, they were quite strangers to my father.  It's more because I don't want to kowtow, and of course it doesn't rule out that there is only one futon, and it would be troublesome to take turns one by one.  In the end, under the leadership of the leader, everyone just lined up in two rows and bowed to their father's ice coffin.  The form is secondary, if people can come, what they bring is only a respect for colleagues and respect for traditional etiquette.  Therefore, after everyone bowed, my cousin, sister and I, along with a few enthusiastic people from Murakami, hurriedly let everyone sit down at the table outside.  Meanwhile, serve everyone a cup of hot tea.

    ? Colleagues came to pay their respects, and it was more of a formality, so they only chatted a few words, and the hot tea was just a taste, and everyone got up and said goodbye.  We sent everyone to the car and waved goodbye to them before returning home.  This is also a kind of etiquette, which means respect for the leaders and colleagues of the sister unit.

    After sending off my sister's colleagues, I look forward to my colleagues in my unit.  It's just that the one who waited was from his wife's unit.  A car, the number of people is much less than that of the sister unit.  They brought larger and bulkier flower baskets than wreaths compared to their sister unit.  Still the same as the colleagues who received my sister¡¯s unit, my cousin, wife and I were busy giving up our seats and serving tea after they saluted.  After chatting with their wives for a while, and finally at the suggestion of a female colleague who has a good relationship with his wife, we decided to let the child go back to the urban area to go to school with the wife's female colleague, so as to prevent the child from falling behind in his studies due to his father's funeral.  .

    Originally, we were a little worried that the child would not leave with others.  Fortunately, the child and his wife's colleague have already become quite acquainted.  In addition, my wife's colleague bewitched that if the child agreed to stay at her house for two days, then the daughter of her cousin who had always played better with the child would definitely be allowed to accompany the child to do homework every day.  To our surprise, the child agreed to his wife's colleague very readily.  Our grief did not affect the innocent child in the slightest. She jumped up and down and went back to school in the city with her wife's colleagues in a happy mood.

    childThe temporary departure of ? made my wife and I feel relaxed for a while.  One is because we no longer need to worry about our children¡¯s failure to keep up with their studies; the other is because we no longer need to be distracted from taking care of our children, and can concentrate on our father¡¯s funeral.  After all, at this stage, there is a lot of negative news about children missing.  In the current chaotic situation of people coming and going, we are really not too worried about the safety of our children.

    In the end, even the colleagues who have a good relationship with the brother-in-law came, but the colleagues in my unit are still missing.  Even I feel a little confused, let alone others.  When someone asked, "Why haven't your colleagues come here?", I could only reply with some embarrassment and uncertainty: "Maybe, they will come later?"

    Seeing that it was almost noon, my colleagues from my unit still didn't come.  I knew that, at the very least, the possibility of them coming in the morning had been lost.  Feeling ashamed is second, the key is that this oolong is a bit big.  The leaders and colleagues of my unit will come here in the morning, and it is almost known to everyone.  As a result, the disposable cups and tea were originally prepared for the leaders and colleagues of my unit. I entertained my sister¡¯s colleagues, my wife¡¯s colleagues, and my brother-in-law¡¯s colleagues, but I just couldn¡¯t find a chance to entertain the leaders of my unit.  with colleagues.

    When someone asks again, I can't say "maybe, it will come later", right?  Therefore, I could only answer helplessly: "Maybe, there is something in the morning. Or, I will come in the afternoon." As a result, my "Or, come back in the afternoon" did not come true.  Fortunately, at that time I was mainly focused on grief, otherwise I would have died of embarrassment.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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